[OPLINLIST] Choose to Read Ohio to launch during National Library Week

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

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For immediate release:

April 10, 2009

Contact: Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications

State Library of Ohio

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

614-644-6875

marshams at msn.com

(2 pages)

 

Choose to Read Ohio to Launch

During National Library Week - April 12-18, 2009

 

Reading can be a profound experience when a book speaks to one's
imagination, provides insight into a common experience, or sheds light
on a truth. Reading together can bring families, friends, community
groups and others closer as they share literature together. To promote
reading across Ohio, the State Library of Ohio is launching a new
program called Choose to Read Ohio
<http://oh.webjunction.org/ohctrointro>  during National Library Week,
April 12-18, 2009.

 

"The goal of Choose to Read Ohio is to encourage the reading of Ohio
literature together across Ohio communities," said State Librarian Jo
Budler. Ohioans of all ages will choose a book to read together, by an
Ohio author of their choice, over a six week period anytime between
National Library Week and the end of 2010.  As part of this shared
experience, they will come together to discuss these books in a variety
of settings including local public libraries, schools, churches,
daycares, or other organizations. Choose to Read Ohio encourages Ohioans
to Read Together, Read Ohio, and Read for Life.           

 

The Choose to Read Ohio booklist
<http://oh.webjunction.org/ohctrobooks09>  has four current titles and
one classic for the three categories of Children's, Young Adult, and
Adult.  Libraries, schools, and other organizations will have the option
of utilizing the books and resources throughout the 2009-2010 program
year.  The Choose to Read Ohio website offers downloadable toolkits for
each title as well as resources to support the program. Throughout 2009
resources will be added to the website for educators and librarians to
utilize. Tip sheets, author information, and other resources will be
included. 

 

The State Library of Ohio began discussing the possibility of a
statewide reading project in June, 2008. In partnership with The Ohioana
Library <http://www.ohioana.org/> , Choose to Read Ohio will be promoted
at the Ohioana Book Festival <http://ohioanabookfestival.org/> , May 9,
2009. The festival will provide a wonderful venue for meeting Ohio
authors and sharing details about this program.  Choose to Read Ohio
partners also  include WOSU Public Media <http://www.wosu.org/> , The
Ohio Channel <http://www.ohiochannel.org/>  Government Television, Kent
State University School of Library and Information Science
<http://www.slis.kent.edu/> , and Ohio's Public Libraries.
<http://www.library.ohio.gov/LS/Directories/LibWebSites>   Together, the
partners envision a statewide program that will promote reading and
sharing quality literature across the Buckeye state.

 

National Library Week
<http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/pio/natlibraryweek/nlw.cfm>  is
an annual celebration of the contributions of our nation's libraries and
librarians. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and
special - participate. 

Contact Information: 

 

For more information on Choose to Read Ohio contact Ruth Metcalf,
Library Consultant, State Library of Ohio, rmetcalf at sloma.state.oh.us

 

 

2009

Choose to Read Ohio Titles

 

Children's Titles

Margaret Peterson Haddix, Found, 2008, Simon & Schuster, Ages 9-12

Louise Borden, The Journey That Saved Curious George: The True Wartime
Escape of Margret and H.A. Rey, 2005, Houghton Mifflin, Ages 9-12

Shelley Pearsall, Trouble Don't Last, 2003, Yearling, Ages 9-12

Andrea Cheng, Where the Steps Were, 2008, Front Street Press, Ages 9-12

Children's Classic: Robert McCloskey, Make Way for Ducklings, 2004,
(reprint - original in 1941),Viking, Ages 4-8

 

Young Adult Titles

Sharon Draper, Copper Sun, 2007, Simon Pulse, paperback, $8.99, Grades 8
up 

Chris Crutcher, Deadline, 2007, Harper, Grade 9 up

Jacqueline Woodson, After Tupac & D Foster, 2008, Putnam, Grades 9 up

Jaime Adoff, The Death of Jayson Porter, 2008, Hyperion, Grades 7 up

Young Adult Classic: Sharon Creech, Walk Two Moons, 2003, Harper, Grades
6-9

 

 Adult Titles

Anne Hagedorn, Beyond the River: The Untold Story of the Heroes of the
Underground Railroad, Simon & Shuster, 2002

Toni Morrison, A Mercy, Knopf, 2008

Dan Chaon, You Remind Me of Me, Ballantine Books, 2004 

Lee Martin, River of Heaven, Shaye Areheart Books, 2008 

Adult Classic: Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Annotated Uncle Tom's Cabin,
edited by Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Hollis Robbins, W. W. Norton, 2007

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

www.library.ohio.gov

 

 

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